The Local Records Act and Destruction of Public Records
By Maryann Bullion
Administrative Law,
April 2008
Have you ever deleted an e-mail or a computer file and thought nothing of it? Well, if one of your local government clients deletes an e-mail or throws away a file that contains information that should be considered a public record, they could be charged with a Class 4 felony.
The Local Records Act and Destruction of Public Records
By Maryann Bullion
Local Government Law,
March 2008
If one of your local government clients deletes an e-mail or throws away a file that contains information that should be considered a public record, they could be charged with a Class 4 felony.
E-Mail Retention Policies and the Local Records Act
By Richard G. Flood & Jenette M. Schwemler
Administrative Law,
July 2007
While many have leapt to the conclusion that the Local Records Act requires preservation of anything and everything dealing with public business that happens to enter or leave a municipally owned computer, reading the statute three times, as Supreme Court Justice John Roberts suggests, reveals a quite different intent.
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